# The Republican Party is the Party of Evil **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 4, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187 "2021-03-04T17:43:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 68
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1342 "2022-07-04T01:19:21Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > As if we needed further proof that all of this “pro-life” crap is really about controlling women, we now have an Ohio rep (a woman, no less!) who is willing to discuss a birth control ban: And also, no surprise, elimination of same-sex marriage rights. > [@](#): > > When asked about banning birth control, Schmidt said she would consider it. > > “That’s another issue for another day and I’m going to have to listen to both sides of the debate,” she said. […] > > She gave a similar non-committal response to a question about same-sex marriage, saying it was “another decision for another day.” ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1343 "2022-07-04T15:22:42Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > [GOP Gov. Kristi Noem Says 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Should Be Forced to Have Baby (Video) (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/gop-gov-kristi-noem-says-10-year-old-rape-victim-should-be-forced-to-have-baby-video/ar-AAZ9EPZ?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=7c265072b53c498c80875bd0cc8e96d3) > > I am sure a full term pregnancy and childbirth will not affect the health of a 10 yr old. Asshole. The South Dakota executive department must have collapsed. What with all of Noem’s legislative aides, public relations people, campaigners resigning en mass. No doubt a special session of the legislature will be called to consider impeachment. The outrage, calls for resignation, froth, and foaming of the mouth from her own party, the GQP, must be deafening and widespread. insert massive sarcasm emoji here . ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1344 "2022-07-04T19:28:07Z")
Remember when a Republican saying stupid things about not allowing abortion exceptions for rape or incest was enough to derail their political runs? ~~Pepperidge farms remembers~~ I do remember. I remember also when other Republicans did properly condemn the yahoos that said those things in their midst, **this is almost not the case nowadays.** , and even more sad, **that past I’m talking about was around 2012.** > **[Rape and pregnancy statement controversies in the 2012 United States elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_and_pregnancy_statement_controversies_in_the_2012_United_States_elections)** > > During the 2012 United States election cycle, in federal and state elections, a series of controversies arose as a result of statements by Republican Party candidates about rape, pregnancy, contraception, abortion, and related topics. The first and most widely covered controversy concerned Republican U.S. Senate candidate Representative Todd Akin of Missouri, who stated that pregnancy rarely occurs as a result of what he called "legitimate rape". Medical experts said Akin's statement is false,... > The overall response to the controversies was negative, and some commentators blamed them for Republican losses during the election.Republican political consultant and policy advisor [Karl Rove](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rove) wrote in an opinion piece for _[The Wall Street Journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal)_, “Offensive comments about rape by [Republican] Senate candidates in Missouri and Indiana gave the media an excuse to put social issues at the election’s center in a way that badly hurt the entire party, as well as costing Republicans two Senate seats.”[[122]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_and_pregnancy_statement_controversies_in_the_2012_United_States_elections#cite_note-rove-122) > > [Karen Hughes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Hughes), a former adviser to [George W. Bush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush), wrote in _Politico_, "And if another Republican man says anything about rape other than it is a horrific, violent crime, I want to personally cut out his tongue. The college-age daughters of many of my friends voted for Obama because they were completely turned off by Neanderthal comments like the suggestion of ‘legitimate rape.’ "[[8]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_and_pregnancy_statement_controversies_in_the_2012_United_States_elections#cite_note-lessons-8) The conservative blog _[Hot Air](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Air)_ linked Akin’s remarks to polling indicating an increase in support for legalizing abortion in all circumstances.[[123]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_and_pregnancy_statement_controversies_in_the_2012_United_States_elections#cite_note-ramussen2-123) > > The controversies caused the Republican Party to look for ways to prevent its election candidates from making similar comments about rape. [Kevin Madden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Madden), a Republican strategist and senior adviser to the [Mitt Romney presidential campaign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney_presidential_campaign,_2012), said, “This is actually pretty simple. If you’re about to talk about rape as anything other than a brutal and horrible crime, stop”. Anti-abortion groups, such as the [Susan B. Anthony List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony_List), launched training programs to prevent controversial statements on rape and abortion.[[124]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_and_pregnancy_statement_controversies_in_the_2012_United_States_elections#cite_note-stoprape-124) Republican pollster [Kellyanne Conway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellyanne_Conway) told Republican members of the House of Representatives that rape is a “four-letter word” and Republicans need to avoid discussing it.[[124]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_and_pregnancy_statement_controversies_in_the_2012_United_States_elections#cite_note-stoprape-124) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1345 "2022-07-04T20:26:51Z")
I have become convinced the real reason Republikan filth oppose gun control is because they want as many people as possible to be killed. The only real difference between the US Republikan Party and the German Nazis is that the Republikans, much to their chagrin, have lacked the opportunity to kill as many people as the Nazis did. So this is their way of making up for it. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1346 "2022-07-04T20:34:14Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I am sure a full term pregnancy and childbirth will not affect the health of a 10 yr old. Asshole. And I’m sure being the personal target of a state Governor is exactly what the girl needs right now. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1347 "2022-07-04T20:40:29Z")
Their handling of COVID convinced me that it was not hyperbole to call them a death cult. They are certainly willing to sacrifice their own, as long as they also take out some others too! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1348 "2022-07-04T23:08:28Z")
I have no problem whatsoever with taking a cue from the modern German government’s treatment of the Nazi Party and outlawing the US Republikan Party and jailing its members. They deserve much worse. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1349 "2022-07-05T13:36:56Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Well, this is stomach-churning. > > [Voters switch lopsidedly to GOP, in warning for Dems | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-covid-health-presidential-e50db07385831e67f866ec45402be8b9) > > I have no words. [https://twitter.com/gelliottmorris/status/1542622912653524993?ref\_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1542622912653524993|twgr^|twcon^s1\_&ref\_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2Fstory%2F2022%2F7%2F5%2F2108490%2F-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-The-implications-of-a-radicalized-SCOTUS-sink-in](https://twitter.com/gelliottmorris/status/1542622912653524993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1542622912653524993%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2Fstory%2F2022%2F7%2F5%2F2108490%2F-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-The-implications-of-a-radicalized-SCOTUS-sink-in) Data journalist says this “1 million voter switch” claim is incorrect, based on faulty analysis. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1350 "2022-07-05T13:52:59Z")
Rep = Reptilian party. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1351 "2022-07-05T14:35:07Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Data journalist says this “1 million voter switch” claim is incorrect, based on faulty analysis. Thank you for that. I had heard or read something about it but didn’t chase it down. Something to do with crossover voting in primaries, if I remember right. I’m so glad it turned out to be skewed data. We already have enough to worry about. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1352 "2022-07-06T11:44:48Z")
More Evil from Florida: > [@](#): > > [DeSantis is warped. Teachers and Students must report political affiliation on survey.](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/5/2108653/-Did-you-hear-the-latest-on-DeSantis-Teachers-and-Students-must-report-political-affiliation) > > … > > From Salon and it tops a lot of cakes. DeSantis signed a bill mandating which way a professor or student’s political pendulum swings. He has his Election Police now, so there is a lot of fascism going on here. Why even bother with a curtain when you vote. Yell out…… I am voting for so and so. > > This is absolutely nuts. > > From Salon and it tops a lot of cakes. DeSantis signed a bill mandating which way a professor or student’s political pendulum swings. He has his Election Police now, so there is a lot of fascism going on here. Why even bother with a curtain when you vote. Yell out…… I am voting for so and so. > > This is absolutely nuts. > > > Public universities in Florida will be required to survey both faculty and students on their political beliefs and viewpoints, with the institutions at **risk of losing their funding if the responses are not satisfactory to the state’s Republican-led legislature.** > > > > The unprecedented project, which was tucked into a law signed Tuesday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, is part of a long-running, [nationwide right-wing push] > > > > Based on the bill’s language, survey responses will not necessarily be anonymous — sparking worries among many professors and other university staff that they may be targeted, held back in their careers or even fired for their beliefs > > WOW ! Freedom my ass. I thought your vote was supposed to be your own business and not the state’s. It is for sure a fundraising ploy for the right wing but we will lose teachers AND students not enrolling in colleges. No way is this constitutional. > **[DeSantis is warped. Teachers and Students must report political affiliation...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/5/2108653/-Did-you-hear-the-latest-on-DeSantis-Teachers-and-Students-must-report-political-affiliation?utm_campaign=trending)** > > From Salon and it tops a lot of cakes. DeSantis signed a bill mandating which way a professor or student’s political pendulum swings. He has his Election Police now, so there is a lot of fascism going on here. Why even bother with a curtain when... > [@](#): > > Public universities in Florida will be required to survey both faculty and students on their political beliefs and viewpoints, with the institutions at **risk of losing their funding if the responses are not satisfactory to the state’s Republican-led legislature.** > > The unprecedented project, which was tucked into a law signed Tuesday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, is part of a long-running, [nationwide right-wing push] to promote “intellectual diversity” on campuses — though worries over a lack of details on the survey’s privacy protections, and questions over what the results may ultimately be used for, hover over the venture. > > Based on the bill’s language, survey responses will not necessarily be anonymous — sparking worries among many professors and other university staff that they may be targeted, held back in their careers or even fired for their beliefs > **[DeSantis signs bill requiring survey of Florida students, professors on their...](https://www.salon.com/2021/06/23/desantis-signs-bill-requiring-florida-students-professors-to-register-political-views-with-state/)** > > Colleges could lose funding if survey of "ideas and perspectives" fails to satisfy state's GOP-run legislature ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1353 "2022-07-06T12:09:24Z")
That’s terrible, but it’s also incredibly stupid. Such a survey will be very easy to manipulate. I expect there will be a lot of silly answers in that survey, such that it will give DeSantis very little, if any, useful information on who to fire. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1354 "2022-07-06T12:30:45Z")
We are quickly becoming Gilead. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1355 "2022-07-06T12:38:10Z")
…and we don’t even have the balm. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1356 "2022-07-06T14:12:25Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I expect there will be a lot of silly answers in that survey, such that it will give DeSantis very little, if any, useful information on who to fire. From article: > [@](#): > > …both DeSantis and Rodrigues suggested that the state could institute budget cuts if university students and staff do not respond in a satisfactory manner. Tempting to birdflip them, but could come at a cost with that extortionate fucking subhuman POS. > [@](#): > > When pressed by reporters, the governor did not offer any specific examples of repression and discrimination faced by conservative students, simply saying that he knows “a lot of parents” who [worry about their children being “indoctrinated”](https://www.salon.com/2021/03/14/candace-owens-tells-foxs-maria-bartiromo-that-schools-are-teaching-kids-how-to-hate-white-people_partner/) on campus. Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson was more pointed in his criticism Tuesday at a meeting of the state university system’s Board of Governors, calling the institutions “socialism factories” — again without much detail on what makes the schools so left-wing. “A lot of parents”…“socialism factories”…these are the arguments put forth for this horseshit. They have absolutely nothing, and never did, despite their supporters readily eating that shit up. Not sure exactly how much more “pointed” Simpson’s offerring was. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1357 "2022-07-06T14:17:12Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > From article: > > > [@](#): > > > > …both DeSantis and Rodrigues suggested that the state could institute budget cuts if university students and staff do not respond in a satisfactory manner. I assumed “not respond in a satisfactory manner” would mean reporting too many non-republicans but maybe it includes silly answers too. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1358 "2022-07-06T14:25:18Z")
Someone could come up with a creative solution – maybe every faculty and student who’s not already a hardcore RW idiot reply “non-political” to every question about political opinions, or say “independent”, or whatever. Still a dumb law that’s likely to get struck down. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1359 "2022-07-06T14:38:51Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Still a dumb law that’s likely to get struck down. By this SCOTUS? 🤣 🤣 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1360 "2022-07-06T16:08:34Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Someone could come up with a creative solution – maybe every faculty and student who’s not already a hardcore RW idiot reply “non-political” to every question about political opinions, or say “independent”, or whatever. Or just lie and say “Republican”. I consider myself an honest person, but if a state government started a mandatory program to survey my political affiliation (in an area where it’s completely irrelevant) I wouldn’t feel any need to tell them the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1361 "2022-07-06T16:12:07Z")
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